Hospital-bed sheet.



PATENTED JUNE 30, 1908.

' A. 0. HALTERMAN.

HOSPITAL BED SHEET.

APPLICATION IILBD MAB. 2, 1908.

Al lomey ANDREW G. HALTERMAN, OF BUCKHANNON, WEST VIRGINIA.

HOSPITAL-BED SHEET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 30, 1908.

Application filed March 2, 1908. Serial No. 418,776.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW O. HALTER- MAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Buckhannon, in the county of Upshur and State ofWest Virginia, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements inHospital-Bed Sheets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a hospital bed sheet and consists in theconstruction and arrangement of arts which will be hereinafter fullydescri ed, illustrated in the drawings and particularly pointed out inthe claims. 7

One object of my invention is to provide a cheap and convenient methodof restraining within comfortable limits sick persons who may bedelirious, and insane persons whom it may be necessary to restrain fromviolent movements, and to prevent them from throwing ofi the bed covers;also children who are in the habit of kicking off the covers while inbed. A further ob'ect, therefore, of m invention is to provi e a strongand durab e rece tacle which is easily managed and readi y arran ed forsuch persons as I have menti'one above. I am aware that what are termedstrait jackets have been provided for the purpose of confining insanepatients in one position. My invention is not designed to take the placeof strait jackets, but, on the contrary, to give the patientcomparatacle for the bed These objects tures re resented in the part oft is application, in which like numerals represent similar parts and inwhich:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of .my improved hospital bed sheet, as aplied to'a ody for the purpose above state Fig. 2 is a top plan view ofmy sheet which may be applie to any suitable bed. Fig. 3 is alongitudinal sectional view out through line 1 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig.4 is a transverse section cut through line 44 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 isanenlarged section of a detai modification of my invention. Fig. 6 isalso an enlarged section of a modified form. of eyelet as applied to myinvention.

In the drawings, 1 indicates the bedstead orthe couch on which thepatient 'or person lies: 2 is the hospital sheet spread over the patientor person in the bed and secured to tive freedom of movement within therecepaccom lish by the strucdfrawings forming a the bedstead by cords 2.The sheet 2 has a tuck 3 across the upper end. This tuck serves as afastening device for the upper end' of the leaves 4 by means of lacin s3 in eyelets 3 The lower ends of the eaves 4 are also secured in placeby like lacings 3 and eyelets 3 Extending lengthwise of the sheet is anopening 5, provided orr'either side with leaves 4, presuma ly e ual toone-half of the width of the sheet. T ese leaves have eyelets on eitherside of the opening 5 and are laced to gether by cords or lacings3. Saidleaves to extend from about one and one-half feet from the to of thesheet 2 to the bottom.

It will t us be seen that this improved hospital sheet may be safely andsecurely placed over a patient or erson, ifneed be, secure to the bed byaying the person on the bed and placing my sheet over him and thensecuring the ends and sides as above described. The person is therebywell and comfortably secured on the bed or couch without harsh or unleasant means. This is the great object o my invention, and one forwhich there has been a Ion felt want.

1% is found necessary, in the construction and arrangement of myhospital bed sheet, to find plenty of room for the patient and thus .itis found necessary to provide not only a good sized bed or couch butalso to construct the sheet so that it can be easily and readily securedto the bed or couch, and also to emerson, and the shown in Figs. 5 and6. This provision for enlargement of parts will permit of arranging thesheet and its holder to suit the conditions of an person, lar e orsmall, and thus provide or the long f elt want.

In 0 eration, the sheet having been placed upon t e bed or couch, willbe opened on the line 5, and the person to be operated upon placed ontop of the bed or couch. This done, the leaves 4 of the sheet placedover the person, loosely 0r tightly as circumstances may require, willbefastened by means of the cords, as hereinbefore described.

The ob'ect of this invention is to provide a comforta le bed with asecuring cover, so

that persons needing specific treatment may be gently cared for.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim and desire to secure byLetters- 5 Patent, is:

As an article of manufacture, ,ahospital bed sheet comprising a mainrectangular sheet provided with means to secure the same to the bedorvcouch, a supplemental re- 10 ceptacle formed of longitudinal andlaterally 1 closing leaves, means for securing said leaves together, atuck and means for securing the bottom of the leaves in place,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, 15 in presence of twoWitnesses.

ANDREW (l-HALTERMAN. WVitnesses: HENRY F. OURS, J. W. CONLEY.

